Lesbians Wedding In Kwahu Puts Landlord In Trouble

A house owner in Kwahu  in the Eastern Region is in deep trouble after a facility he rented out to a lady was used for what has been described as a lesbian wedding.

The said landlord has been summoned to meet the Obomeng Traditional Council to explain what actually happened at the supposed lesbian marriage ceremony.

According to the Chief of Obomeng, Nana Effah Opinamang III,  the Obomeng Traditional Council will sit on the matter and present a ruling on Thursday 1st April 2021.

A team of armed policemen stormed the wedding ceremony and arrested some 22 of the guests while the rest fled helter-skelter. Due to the unavailability of a female cell at the police station, the female suspects were bailed on same day.

helter skelter ommand arrested over 22 lesbians in Obomeng a suburb in Kwahu in the Eastern region  who gathered to hold a wedding ceremony over the weekend.

Atinkafmonline.com,  in a follow up to the development has reported that some three journalists claimed they were attacked  during an attempt to follow up on the arrests.

The station’s Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori reported that the said journalists are calling for justice from the Ghana Police.

According to the journalists, they were attacked by  persons believed family members of the alleged lesbians.

Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie, one of the reporters, Afia Pokuaa said, “We went to the Chiefs to inquire from them how they feel about the issue and steps they intend to take. Right after the interview, we heard that the police had released the 22 they arrested.”

She said according to the Eastern Regional Police PRO, the docket had to do with the flouting of covid-19 protocols during the party.

“He said the police did not have any proof that the ladies were lesbians and so they let them go,” she said.

Explaining what led to their assault, the reporter said on Monday, March 29, 2021, they went to the house where the party was hosted to get updates and saw some of the ladies who were arrested there.

She said while speaking to one man, a woman emerged and attacked her verbally, calling the people in the house to sack the reporters.

She said their phones were destroyed in the process, aside the pains from the beating.

“One woman came in and started shouting that I was part of the journalists who reported the issue and so the people in the house should sack me. Before I realised, some guys came out of the room and started driving us out. They started pulling me and hit my arm,” she said.

She added that,”They locked one of my colleagues in one of their rooms and brutalised him. They took our iphone 8 and smashed it on the ground because they said we took videos with it.”

Afia Pokua said she later lodged a compliant with the police but the officers appear to be disinterested in the matter .

“They were so relaxed and after 15 minutes they made calls to the family asking if we were there and some asked us what our mission in the house was,” she said.

“All we heard was the police had released them and we do not know on what basis they let the ladies go,” she said.

However, she said the Traditional Leaders had summoned the woman who gave out the place for the party.